Police investigate alleged attack by hunt member on saboteur

Police are investigating an allegation that a member of a fox hunt assaulted a campaigner who was filming him and his colleagues.
The incident, footage of which was released online this week, appears to show the rider with the Atherstone Hunt confront a member of the West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs.
The activist was filming the hunt in Sheepy Parva on Monday this week when he spotted a fox and told the rider and his hounds they should turn back to avoid it and any potential breach of the hunting ban.
The rider is then filmed riding toward the campaigner, getting off his horse and approaching... read more

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